Chapter 218: Congratulations From All Sides

The Nascent Soul Ceremony has different levels of status and position for the newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators.

The highest scale Nascent Soul Ceremony can be held for nine days and nine nights, and the lowest scale Nascent Soul Ceremony can last for three days and three nights.

Of course, there are also surprises. It is rumored that Dugu, known as the "Sword Demon", also held a Nascent Soul Ceremony after condensing the Nascent Soul thousands of years ago. During the period, Dugu Sword Demon sat in meditation for 9981 days without saying a word, and no one in the meeting dared to speak. After the 81st day, the Sword Demon flew away on his sword. It was that silent Nascent Soul Ceremony that created hundreds of powerful sword cultivators in later generations.

Given Dan Qiusheng's status as the head of the Five Elements Sect and the status of the Five Elements Sect in Nanyue Province, this Nascent Soul Ceremony could not be the highest scale or the lowest scale. In the end, Dan Qiusheng decided to hold the meeting for five days and five nights, explaining one of the five elements every day.

Of course, before the lecture begins, there is another very important link, which is the ceremony where the four forces come to congratulate Dan Qiusheng for successfully condensing his Nascent Soul and advancing to the ancestor.

The ceremony is not just a formality, but a real gift is presented. This is also the only material benefit that the Five Elements Sect can obtain by holding the Nascent Soul Ceremony with great fanfare. Of course, for the Five Elements Sect, it is more important to revive the reputation of the Five Elements Sect.

As soon as Dan Qiusheng sat down, a Jindan cultivator stood up from the stage, bowed to Dan Qiusheng first, and then bowed to the scholar.

"I am Wen Yuan, a Confucian from Wanzongyuan, and I congratulate you on your advancement to the Nascent Soul. I specially send you a small gift. I hope you will succeed in the future!" Wen Yuan said, respectfully taking out a piece of black metal. At Leng Ningyu's signal, Huangfu Ling stepped forward to take the piece of metal and respectfully handed it to Dan Qiusheng. Dan Qiusheng glanced at the scholar beside him, and said with a bit of a smile: "Daoyou Wenyuan has worked hard! But this thing..., it's a pity that you can think of giving it to me, Senior Shang, you did it on purpose, right?"

"I don't know either! Why did they send this thing?"

It is obvious that Wenyuan, like Wenlan who appeared in Lingchuan Market that day, is a disciple of the scholar. After hearing Dan Qiusheng's half-truthful questioning, the scholar looked at Wenyuan with some confusion.

Seeing Wenyuan shook his head slightly, the scholar was unhappy, but he didn't say much.

Seeing this, Dan Qiusheng smiled and let it go.

After all, with the relationship between the scholar and the Five Elements Sect, he would never act like this. So it seems that it is the Bai family, another branch of Confucianism, who is behind the scenes.

Xiao Mian naturally saw the strangeness in it, but seeing that his master Leng Ningyu just sneered but didn't say anything, Xiao Mian shut up obediently.

The scholar and Wen Yuan, the master and disciple, did not know about this gift in advance, so the one who prepared this gift must be someone from the Bai family.

It seems that their purpose is not to let the scholar get too close to the Five Elements Sect!

While Xiao Mian was thinking about it, the person who presented the gift was a Taoist priest, and Fu Qingqiong handed the ancient book presented by the Taoist priest to Dan Qiusheng.

"The Secret Records of the Purple Mansion Heavenly Book?"

Dan Qiusheng, who had been calm since he appeared, couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw what was in his hand. Even the others were stunned when they heard his exclamation, and then their eyes shot towards the broken book in Dan Qiusheng's hand.

The only person who could be called calm at the scene was Qingqiuzi, who nodded to Dan Qiusheng and explained calmly.

"It is indeed the Secret Records of the Purple Mansion Heavenly Book, but it is not the original. It is a copy that my Senior Brother Dan Chenzi personally copied. I hope that Master Danqiu will accept it!"

"Even if it is not the original, it is a great honor for Danqiu to have Brother Dan Chenzi personally copy this copy!" After putting the so-called heavenly book into the storage jade pendant, Danqiu's expression has calmed down a lot. However, Qingqiuzi glanced at the slightly ugly face of the scholar next to him and smiled casually: "The Secret Records of the Purple Mansion Heavenly Book, to put it nicely, is a heavenly book that points directly to the great way, but I have been teaching the original for nearly ten thousand years, but no one has been able to practice successfully. Although this heavenly book is precious, it is not of much use!"

"Brother Qingqiu is too modest!"

As he said this, a bald monk presented the third gift. At the signal of Leng Ningyu's eyes, Xiao Mian had to bite the bullet and accept the gift.

Xiao Mian really didn't want to show up in such a crowded scene. It wasn't that Xiao Mian was ashamed, but under so many eyes, Xiao Mian might not notice others, so it was inevitable that no one would notice him.

After taking the nine-story golden pagoda handed over by the monk, Xiao Mian turned around and presented it to Dan Qiusheng.

The seven Yuanying ancestors on the stage focused their eyes on the nine-story golden pagoda, but many people also looked at Xiao Mian curiously.

Among them, the scholar smiled lightly, Xiang Liuqing was thoughtful, Yuan Yan was cold as ice, and Qing Qiuzi and Xi Zongjun looked at Xiao Mian with a test look. Only the Fu Hu Venerable looked at Xiao Mian with ordinary eyes at first, but the more he looked, the deeper and more focused, as if there was a colorful flower on Xiao Mian's face.

Naturally, everyone present soon noticed the abnormality of Fu Hu Venerable. Dan Qiusheng looked at Xiao Mian and didn't see anything wrong, so he chuckled.

"May I ask, Venerable Fu Hu, what is hidden in this golden pagoda?" Dan Qiusheng had just finished speaking when the well-mannered Xi Zongjun asked, "Yes! I heard that Buddhists often use seven-story pagodas to store the most precious treasures of Buddhism. This thing can actually be stored in a nine-story golden pagoda. Please help us understand what is so precious?"

"Amitabha!" With a light chant of the Buddha's name, Fu Hu Venerable's eyes shifted from Xiao Mian to the nine-story golden pagoda. After a deep look, Fu Hu Venerable said softly: "Color is emptiness, emptiness is color. How about the seven-story pagoda? How about the nine-story golden pagoda? How about something in the pagoda? How about nothing in the pagoda? How about the spiritual treasures? How about the ordinary things? They are all illusions and empty flowers!"

Buddhist monks are good at everything, but they love to play mysteries.

Fu Hu Venerable's question made Xi Zongjun quite embarrassed, and even the others showed helpless expressions. Fortunately, Fu Hu Venerable did not mean to keep silent, but personally stepped forward and pinched the top of the golden pagoda.

In an instant, a transparent spiritual light rose from the golden pagoda.

Tens of thousands of cultivators in the audience were just watching the fun, pointing at the spiritual light and talking about it; only the Jindan cultivator felt that the spiritual light was unusual, but he couldn't tell what was different; the six Yuanying ancestors on the stage changed their faces drastically.

That was pressure!

The pressure that could pressure the Yuanying ancestors, wouldn't it be a higher level than the Yuanying ancestors?

"This is a Buddha bone relic!" As he said this, Fu Hu Venerable had already covered the top of the golden tower. When the spiritual light disappeared, the mysterious pressure that was faintly oppressing the six Yuanying cultivators disappeared. But after hearing Fu Hu Venerable's words, the six Yuanying still couldn't relax for a while. It was still the famous sect leader Zong Jun who asked first: "The Buddha's true body relic? Could it be the incarnation..."

"It should be!"

"Venerable Fu Hu! If it is really the Buddha's true body relic, this thing is too precious. I, Dan Qiusheng and the Five Elements Sect, dare not accept it!"

From the conversation between Venerable Fu Hu and Xi Zongjun, Dan Qiusheng and others learned that the thing in the golden pagoda was actually the finger bone of a Buddhist monk in the incarnation realm.

In the past ten thousand years, no one has been able to break through the incarnation realm. Such spiritual objects can be said to be one less and extremely precious.

Venerable Fu Hu did not seem to care, but just whispered casually.

"This Buddha's true body relic has been stored for too long, and the spiritual energy is almost dissipated. It cannot be used to refine tools or pills!"

Venerable Fu Hu's words puzzled everyone again. If it can't be used, why send it?

"Although this thing is no longer of much use, it still contains a trace of the Buddha nature of that senior monk. Buddha nature cannot be a means for practitioners to compete for power, but a beacon that guides people to the other side. Those with Buddha nature have the possibility of becoming a Buddha through continuous self-cultivation." After saying so much nonsense, Fu Hu Venerable smiled at Xiao Mian and asked softly: "The so-called understanding of the mind and seeing the nature, understanding one's original mind and seeing one's original nature, can only be able to observe the self, little donor, do you understand?"

Xiao Mian felt uncomfortable being looked at by Fu Hu Venerable, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Fu Hu Venerable, you seem to be very interested in my disciple?"

Dan Qiusheng's words were a relief to Xiao Mian. In Xiao Mian's opinion, even if the old monk was not worldly-wise, Dan Qiusheng, as the landlord, asked this question, he must be restrained.

Unexpectedly, Fu Hu Venerable did not turn his head and stared at Xiao Mian.

"This little donor has Buddha nature, is born with Prajna, and carries Nirvana with him. If he can enter my Buddhist sect and practice the path of compassion, he may be able to become a Buddha in the future! Little donor, are you willing to follow me into Tianlong Temple?"

After hearing what Fu Hu Venerable said, Xiao Mian was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Even the scholar and Dan Qiusheng smiled helplessly at each other.

It turned out that Fu Hu Venerable actually took a fancy to Xiao Mian!